History Film / SympathyForMrVengeance

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Both Dong-jin and Ryu became as worse as their respective enemies in the second half of the film.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Both Dong-jin and Ryu became as worse as are broken by their respective enemies losses, and end up doing terrible things in the second half name of revenge. By the end of the film.film, they are both their own worst enemies.

* HopeSpot: Subverted. While being tortured, Yeong-mi says that her terrorist group, Revolutionary Anarchists Association, will come after her killers if she indeed dies. [[spoiler:Not only is she electrocuted to death, but she was the only member in the group. The terrorist group finally show up at the end of the movie to avenge her.]]

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* HopeSpot: Subverted. While being tortured, Yeong-mi says that her terrorist group, Revolutionary Anarchists Association, will come after her killers if she indeed dies. [[spoiler:Not only [[spoiler:This is not enough to save her, as she is electrocuted to death, but she was death. However, the only member in the group. The terrorist group finally show shows up at the end of the movie to avenge her.]]

* ViolenceIsDisturbing: All of the violence in this film is ''hideous'', with special mention going to the climactic fight, when [[spoiler: Dong-jin cuts Ryu's Achilles tendon and we get a graphic shot of the wound gushing blood out into the water]].

''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Is Mine'') is the first installment of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''[[Film/{{Oldboy}} Vengeance]] [[Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance Trilogy]]'' and easily the most depressing and most violent of the three films. The plot is a standard {{tragedy}} that makes good use of {{irony}} as the film follows the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two protagonists]], Ryu and Park Dong-jin.

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''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Is Mine'') is the first installment of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''[[Film/{{Oldboy}} ''[[Film/{{Oldboy 2003}} Vengeance]] [[Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance Trilogy]]'' and easily the most depressing and most violent of the three films. The plot is a standard {{tragedy}} that makes good use of {{irony}} as the film follows the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two protagonists]], Ryu and Park Dong-jin.

* ViewersAreMorons: The end, when [[spoiler:Dong-jin is killed by Yeong-mi's anarchist friends, and the film repeats her earlier threats in voice-over to explain to brain-dead viewers what just happened.]]

* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Ryu's sister requests that if she were to die, she wants to be buried at the suburban riverbed that the both of them used to frequent as children. [[spoiler:When Ryu finds his sister dead in the bathtub, he bought her dead body to said location, but he also had to bring Yu-sun along with him to ensure that the child wouldn't be lost. All does not end well when Yu-sun drowns in the river with Ryu unable to hear her cries for help.]]

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* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Ryu's sister requests that if she were to die, she wants to be buried at the suburban riverbed that the both of them used to frequent as children. [[spoiler:When Ryu finds his sister dead in the bathtub, he bought brought her dead body to said location, but he also had to bring Yu-sun along with him to ensure that the child wouldn't be lost. All does not end well when Yu-sun drowns in the river with Ryu unable to hear her cries for help.]]

''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Becomes You'') is the first installment of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''[[Film/{{Oldboy}} Vengeance]] [[Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance Trilogy]]'' and easily the most depressing and most violent of the three films. The plot is a standard {{tragedy}} that makes good use of {{irony}} as the film follows the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two protagonists]], Ryu and Park Dong-jin.

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''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Becomes You'') Is Mine'') is the first installment of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''[[Film/{{Oldboy}} Vengeance]] [[Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance Trilogy]]'' and easily the most depressing and most violent of the three films. The plot is a standard {{tragedy}} that makes good use of {{irony}} as the film follows the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two protagonists]], Ryu and Park Dong-jin.

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